An airplane had just struck the building, he explained.

The captain tried to pull back on the control column but was unsuccessful and the airplane struck the ground at 20:15:45.

He was there on Sept. 11, when the hijacked airplanes struck their targets.

On the morning of the 11th, his office rattled when the first airplane struck.

Geiger managed to jump out just as the airplane struck the ground and burst into flames.

Witnesses recalled an explosion and black smoke as the airplane struck the bridge.

He headed the department's response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, arriving at the scene 14 minutes after the first airplane struck.

Even after the second airplane struck, an open staircase connected the upper reaches of the south tower to the street.

The airplane struck the ground hard, its main gear failed, it caught fire, and rolled.

An airplane has just struck the center of one as a second one approaches.